Trying to be cool

[janice]

Hey, my orchid friends.........since I am a NEWBIE and I have never done "chat room", "forums" etc..........please let me know if I use this site correctly..........i.e. asking questions, threads etc. I keep moving around the site and am trying to figure everything out!!! Thanks, j

[fred]

hi janice we don't have a chat room
if you have any questions you can start up a thread either in the newbie section or in the general chat section
if you are not 100% sure you can ask one of the forum staff members
you are doing the right thing with looking around the site
you will soon know how things work

[patlee]

Hi Janice, Welcome to the forum. I went to another forum and they were so stiff and formal (they knew a lot about orchids,though). If you want to learn among "normal"--well kind of normal--people this is the place Hope you enjoy your stay here as much as the rest of us do

[digitalgate]

most important is read the rules before posting anything else.

[janice]

Okay, Digitalgate, I would be glad to read and obey the rules.................I just want to be welcome and not offend anybody.....................did I offend someone already?? I just want to share with orchid friends.

[Debbie Hayden]

Hi Janice, Don't worry, I'm new to forums, too, but everyone here has been very cordial and always prompt with answers to my questions. (Even the ones I think might be stupid!)

[fred]

Janice you are among friends here you have not offended anyone
please don't feel like that you have as if you had you would soon know as on of the staff members would let you know.
enjoy the forum and have a good time learning and sharing

[rmt135]

Welcome to the forum Janice.

Go ahead & ask any questions that you want & later you will find that your original question can lead to something new. You will enjoy your stay here. We have people from different countries sharing their ideas, information & the loves for these orchids.

Patlee,

Kindly remove the double inverted commas from the word "normal". Just say we are abnormal. It is normal for people to love each other but abnormal to love orchid the way we do.

[evagentry]

wlcome Janice ,I think you will enjoy your time with all of us here,the most normal thing about us is as rmt135 said our abnormal love for orchids!

[arleneg]

Hi & welcome to the forum, Janice!

What type of orchids are you growing? Once you learn how to post pics (short for pictures ), please share your orchids with us.